《American Way(Explicit Album Version)》歌词

[00:00:05] "Recently there has been an emergence of socially

[00:00:07] Conscious and political rappers It seems to be

[00:00:11] A new trend in the Hip-Hop world "

[00:00:27] Yeah check it uh

[00:00:28] Spot build-rocker lil' papa killed Hoffa

[00:00:29] Beard lil' longer feel strong and I'll stop ya

[00:00:31] Drill sergeant still thorough wheelbarrows of distilled vodka

[00:00:35] Get me real bonkers like Will Ferrell on cat tranquilizer

[00:00:38] Rap guys get bank and think they messiahs but they liars

[00:00:41] Vote fo who now You're red white and blue

[00:00:44] I'm American too but I ain't with the president's crew

[00:00:46] What you peddlin' and who you peddlin' to

[00:00:48] You ain't got the ghetto with you

[00:00:50] Try'na lead my sheep to the slaughterhouse

[00:00:52] Talkin 'bout +Rap the Vote+ you ain't thought about

[00:00:55] The black vote mean nathan who you gonna elect

[00:00:57] Satan or Satan In the hood nothin is changin uh

[00:01:00] We ain't got no choices who to choose

[00:01:02] Ten-years ago they were tryin to stop our voices

[00:01:04] And end Hip-Hop they some hypocrites

[00:01:07] Condoleeza Rice - I don't really get this chick

[00:01:09] Tell her if she ever really cared about poor schools

[00:01:12] About poor children then she gotta prove that she

[00:01:15] Ain't just another coon Uncle Tom fool

[00:01:17] Like these MC's gotta give 'em the rules

[00:01:19] Lie to the youth Uncle Tom you confused

[00:01:21] Might as well give the Hip-Hop community a noose

[00:01:24] Need a truce with the gangs and some food for the hungry

[00:01:27] On Kerry nuts he look at you like a monkey

[00:01:29] You MC's on that old slavery path

[00:01:31] The Bushs'll look at yo' a** and laugh

[00:01:33] See it's all about community let's help ourselves

[00:01:36] Cops brutalize us get dealt with with shells

[00:01:39] It's our turn it's 'bout time we win

[00:01:41] Need somebody as the hood as my councilman uh

[00:01:45] Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way sh*t

[00:01:48] Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way sh*t

[00:01:52] ( Cause that's the American way)

[00:01:54] Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way sh*t

[00:01:58] Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way

[00:02:02] Up in the steam room chillin' exfoliating the skin

[00:02:05] It's rarely men conversatin' on ends probably businessmen

[00:02:08] I sense good taste and they watch us the spots an expensive place

[00:02:12] Manhattan New York I'm try'na keep steamin'

[00:02:15] It's good for the lungs had plans for the evening

[00:02:17] This man leans in his boys laughing

[00:02:19] Now I'm the spokesperson for Black men this always happens

[00:02:22] Says "Since all Black women care about is who got dough

[00:02:25] And all we do is call them either b**ch or a Black hoe"

[00:02:28] I say first brotha you ain't gotta be that cold

[00:02:30] Since you ignorant I'ma show you how the facts go

[00:02:32] The biggest example in scandal of history

[00:02:34] Were Monica Lewinksy or Donald Trump's pimping spree

[00:02:37] Most woman who love Jeevanji of Gucci

[00:02:40] Are pretentious non-Black groupies or floozies

[00:02:42] But who are we to blame not the dames

[00:02:44] It's a man-made game in essence our woman the same

[00:02:47] Beautiful creatures Black girls birthed the earth

[00:02:49] So they deserve to earn man's purse

[00:02:51] Matter fact I'm about to go shopping with my dime

[00:02:53] Catch you cowards the next time the next rhyme uh

[00:02:58] Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way sh*t

[00:03:00] ( That's the American way)

[00:03:01] Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way sh*t

[00:03:04] ( Cause that's the American way What up K )

[00:03:08] Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way sh*t

[00:03:10] ( That's the American way)

[00:03:12] Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way sh*t

[00:03:14] ( Ha yeah)

[00:03:16] I don't care about the runaways

[00:03:18] I don't care about who's gay

[00:03:20] I don't care about dying of AIDS

[00:03:22] But I care if I got paid

[00:03:24] Who even cares about the president

[00:03:26] I think they're making a mistake

[00:03:29] I don't care about the hurricane

[00:03:32] As long as my family's safe

[00:03:34] I don't care about the candidates

[00:03:37] They burnt this country to bits

[00:03:39] Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way ( Uh)

[00:03:46] Can we make a change

[00:03:47] You know it's not overnight

[00:03:50] Let's start the fight (Nas: And ya don't stop uh)

[00:03:54] Can we make a change

[00:03:56] You know it's not overnight

[00:03:59] Let's start the fight (Nas: Yeah)

[00:04:03] Yeah I think about this everyday that's the American Way